Fractional CISO and cybersecurity consultant with 20+ years securing digital payments, banking platforms, and financial products at scale. Two-time CISO (MoneyGram serving 150M+ customers, Simmons Bank during growth from $10B to $20B+), Senior Director at Fastly (10% of global internet traffic), and former NSA analyst.

I speak at conferences like ISC2 Security Congress and WiCyS about vulnerability management, incident response, and security leadership. LinkedIn Learning instructor with courses viewed by thousands of cybersecurity professionals.

Recognition: CISOs Connect A100 (2024, 2025)

Now I run Vaughn Cyber Group providing fractional CISO services, security assessments, and advisory work. Based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Vibe Coding: How to Write Secure Code When AI Does the Heavy Lifting

AI coding tools are powerful, but they're trained on decades of mediocre code. Here's how to harness them without inheriting every security mistake we've been making since the 90s.

Feats of Endurance and Stupidity: What Running in Circles Teaches Us About Cybersecurity

My husband's 72-hour endurance race taught me something about cybersecurity: we're all racing the clock, training for chaos, and running laps nobody sees.

From Jewels to Data: Why We Never Learn

The Louvre got robbed. Companies get breached. Both could've been prevented. Here's why waiting for the 'oh crap' moment is a terrible security strategy.